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NACHES RIVER AT YAKIMA ON US HWY 97 (WA_ECOLOGY-38A050) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the Washington Department Of Ecology (identifier WA_ECOLOGY), has the name "NACHES RIVER AT YAKIMA ON US HWY 97" and has the identifier WA_ECOLOGY-38A050. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17030003.

This site is located in Yakima County County, Washington at 46.6298000000 degrees latitude and -120.5070000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "WA_ECOLOGY-38A050" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Microbiological 2010 - 2012
Nutrient 2010 - 2012
Organics, Other 2010 - 2011
Physical 2010 - 2012
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier WA_ECOLOGY
OrganizationFormalName Washington Department Of Ecology
MonitoringLocationIdentifier WA_ECOLOGY-38A050
MonitoringLocationName NACHES RIVER AT YAKIMA ON US HWY 97
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText LOCATED AT THE BRIDGE ON I-82 (US HIGHWAY 97) AT THE MOUTH OF THE NACHES RIVER NE OF YAKIMA.
HUCEightDigitCode 17030003
LatitudeMeasure 46.6298000000
LongitudeMeasure -120.5070000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 25000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 077
ProviderName STORET